Video and photos in 4K I have made with iPhone 12 Pro during my trip in 2022 to the Château d'If (located on the Île d'If, offshore from Marseille) in Provence, France, including aerial views taken with my drone. The place is famous for being one of the settings of Alexandre Dumas's adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Camera: iPhone 12 Pro
Drone: Dji Mini 3 Pro
Editing program: LumaFusion with iPad Air 5 and Apple pencil 2

Soundtracks (Epidemic Sound):
1. The Norman Kings – Bonnie Grace

Château d'If (source Wikipedia):

The Château d'If is a fortress located on the Île d'If, the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago, situated about 1.5 kilometres (7⁄8 mile) offshore from Marseille in southeastern France. Built in the 16th century, it later served as a prison until the end of the 19th century. The fortress was demilitarized and open to the public in 1890. It is famous for being one of the settings of Alexandre Dumas's adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo.

The Île d'If measures 3 hectares (0.03 km2) and is located 3.5 km (2+1⁄8 mi) west of the Old Port of Marseille. The entire island is heavily fortified; high ramparts with gun platforms surmount the cliffs, which rise steeply from the surrounding ocean. Apart from the fortress, the island is uninhabited.

The "château" is a square, threestory building 28 m (92 ft) long on each side, flanked by three towers with large gun embrasures. It was built from 1524–31 on the orders of King Francis I, who, during a visit in 1516, saw the island as a strategically important location for defending the coastline from seabased attacks. The castle's principal military value was as a deterrent; it never had to fight off an actual attack. The closest that it came to a genuine test of strength was in July 1531, when the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V made preparations to attack Marseille. However, he abandoned the invasion plan. In 1701, the military engineer Vauban questioned its suitability to defend against an actual attack: "The fortifications look like the rock[;] they are fully rendered, but very roughly and carelessly, with many imperfections. The whole [has] been very badly built[, ...] with little care [...] All the buildings [are] very crudely done [and] ill made.". The embalmed body of general Jean Baptiste Kléber was repatriated to France after his assassination in Cairo in 1800. First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, fearing that his tomb would become a symbol to Republicanism, ordered that the body stay at the château. It remained there for 18 years, until King Louis XVIII granted Kléber a proper burial in his native Strasbourg.